Improvement in tables



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GEORGE .'I. OOUeLn, OFOHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No. 110,013, dated December 13, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT lIN TABLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters `Paladini: and put of tlu'aame.

To all whom it ma/y concern ,it known that I, GORGE J. COUGLE, of Chippews Falls, in the county lof Chippewa and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tables; and I do hereby declare' that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledjn the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specication.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in mode of constructing tables, the Object being to not only reduce the expense of construction, but to enable them to be taken apart for transportation or storing away; and

It consists in the mode of connecting the legs and the rails together for forming the table-frame, the manner of fastening the top to the frame, and the manner of attaching the. leaves of the table to the top, all as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 represents a sectional top view, the section being on the line a: a: of fig. 2.

Figure 2, a veitical'section on the line y y of fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view'of a section of the table-frame.

Figure 4 is a view' of one of the rail-plates, provided with alip for fastening the table top.

Figure 5 is a ver-tical section, showing the manner of attaching the leaf to the top. v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the table top.

B represents' the legs.

C, the rails.

-I), the table-leaves.v

'lhe railsare connected with the legs of the table by means of metallic platesinstead of mortise and tenons.

A plate or casting, E, is attached to each of the legs, extending from the top of' the leg down the Width of'the rail, (or thereabout,) with vertical grooves of dovetail or other form, for receiving the end and side rails.

F shows the form of groove in this example of my invention, but I do not confine myself to that particular form.-

G represents the plates on the ends of the rails, which are formed 'to t the grooves in plates E.

The 'plates E and G are so constructed and applied that the rails are slippeddown from the topof the legs, and stop when they are flush therewith, as represented in figs. 1 and 2.

The top of the table A is attached to the frame by means of screws and the lips H. These lips may form part of the plates E, and project over and Outside ofthe leg, as seen in fig. 1; Or they may form a part of the plates G, andA project inward, as represented at J. By either mode the top is securely fastened, but I prefer the lip J. rIhe leaf or fall D of the table (one or more) is attached by a hookhinge, as seen in fig. 5, at T, so that the leaf may readily be detached from the top by lifting it up. v

By making the frame of a table in the mannerdea scribed, and connectingthe leaves with the top so that they may readily be detached, it will be seen that the table may be taken entirely to pieces, so that the whole table may be packed in a very small space.

The advantages of this mode of construction areA many and obvious.

The cost of the -table is diminished, while its 4strength and durability are increased, and the conven- Witnesses:

JOHN J. JENKINS, J. H. CAHIERS.. 

